Liam Craig could have been in bother just when he appeared to catch John Baird on the face but the incident was missed by the ref.

Paul Heffernan, Jake Sinclair and Sam Stanton were thrown into the action midway through the second half in the hope of making the breakthrough. And it was Heffernan who pounced on David Gray’s cut-back but could not keep his shot on target.

Heffernan was gutted to blow the chance to get the bragging rights over old Kilmarnock pal James Fowler and snatch the points.

He said: “It would have been nice to get one over on James, he’s doing a great job down there.

“It’s another game unbeaten so we move on.

“I had a good chance as well. David Gray pulled it back and I just got too much on it and it flew over the bar.

“It wasn’t to be but I should have hit the target at least.”

Queens beat Hibs at Palmerston earlier in the season and boss Fowler was satisfied with this result on this occasion as well.

He said: “We didn’t come to defend but we know the players Hibs have got and they’ve got a decent squad.

“We restricted them to a few chances so we are happy. The one that sticks out was the chance Heff had and he usually tucks those away.”